The Commission nevertheless showed some hesitation in once again stipulating that the date on which the withdrawal became operative was that on which the other Contracting Parties had been notified, because, in its final commentary, after explaining that it had concluded that to formulate as a general rule the granting of a short period of time within which States could “adapt their internal law to the new situation [resulting from the withdrawal of the reservation] would be going too far”, the Commission “felt that the matter should be left to be regulated by a specific provision in the treaty.
Así pues, el efecto se retrotrae a la fecha de la notificación a las demás Partes contratantes, pero, al parecer, no sin ciertas vacilaciones, dado que, en su comentario final, la Comisión, al explicar que había llegado a la conclusión de que el hecho de formular como regla general la posibilidad concedida a los Estados de disponer de un breve plazo para "adaptar su derecho interno a una situación resultante () sería ir demasiado lejos", y "consideró que convendría dejar en manos de las Partes la tarea de regular la cuestión de una disposición específica del tratado.